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A Reynoldsburg man is accused of fatally shooting a man in a Franklinton motel room on Saturday
morning, possibly over a lottery ticket.

William P. Greene, 22, was charged early Monday with murder in the death of David Duff, 23,
according to a complaint filed in Franklin County Municipal Court.

Authorities also charged Ariana C. Ruddock, 18, of Millersport, with complicity to murder.
According to the complaint, she “suggested shooting (Duff) again with a different firearm” and
drove Greene from the scene.

Court records indicate that neither Ruddock nor Greene has been arrested yet, though Duff’s
grandfather said he was told they had been located in Florida. Columbus police homicide detectives
handling the case were not available yesterday to comment.

Police were called there by a woman who was with Duff just before he was shot. The hotel room
was in her name, she told the dispatcher, sobbing.

She said she was childhood friends with Duff and had run into him on Friday.

“We went to this hotel room, and this guy just showed up and he acted like he knew him,” she
told the dispatcher. “The dude, he told me to run, and I just heard gunshots, and I ran and he
followed me.”

She said the shooter followed her for a while, but she was able to get to her mother’s house and
call 911. She said she was fearful because the shooter knew who she was.

Duff’s family had gathered outside the motel early Saturday, before police released the name of
the victim. David McGinnis, Duff’s grandfather, said his grandson was at his house the previous
evening. He said yesterday that the shooting followed a fight between Greene and Duff over a
winning lottery ticket.

McGinnis said he was told it was worth about $500, and that Duff was holding onto it for
Greene.

“They still shouldn’t have killed him over a lottery ticket,” McGinnis said. “But people are
killing people over a lot less than that today.”